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Friday, February 3, 2012

foil embossing

This was a project that ALMOST never "was". I had envisioned something totally different, and was frustrated after I had the students start this and realized it just wasn't going to happen. Long story short, my fifth graders "drew" on canvas with glue and we were going to let the glue dry and paint monochromatically over the top.

It didn't work. I was CRUSHED! ALL THAT MONEY ON CANVAS---we had to salvage them! I saw some foil relief projects on Fine Lines and was so glad I did! She inspired me to have the kids go back over their original design with more glue and add yarn for more elevated designs.

We then used spray adhesive and laid foil over the top. They pressed the foil down around their yarn pieces to create that embossed look.

Lastly, they used colored Sharpies to color the recessed areas and left the embossed "lines" silver.

This was definitely one of those projects that promised to be an epic FAIL, but turned out to be a favorite amongst my fifth graders.

This project was the perfect mixture of perfecting the "process" of making art, along with the glorious "products" created. For a thought-provoking take on the subject of "process-vs-product", I invite you over to PreK and K Sharing for a good read. I hate when projects don't turn out the way I had envisioned....but I am ecstatic these exceeded any expectations I originally had!

I have also had the glue drama with a couple lessons and learned the hard way- the key is you have to make sure you are using the elmers "glue all" and NOT the "school glue". The school glue spreads out into a mess and doesn't keep its shape when it dries. The foil came out great though!

Wow! These turned out amazing and I plan to do them with my kids (and maybe make one myself too!). I was wondering if you think we could use alcohol inks to color them? Have you ever dealt with using these on aluminum? I plan to make ceramic tiles with the alcohol ink too, just thought maybe we could use them for two projects. Or even use the permanent marker to color them in and then dab the alcohol ink blending mix on them. Thanks!!

Hi again! Just thought I would come back and give you the link to our project this week! We were inspired by this wonderful art project and my girls LOVED making their versions. My wall looks so beautiful now! Thank you for posting this project idea.http://hollysartcorner.blogspot.com/2012/02/foil-embossed-canvas.html

We have done a similar project and found that the base does not need to be canvas at all, just a firm base. You could probably try stiff cardboard or foam board cut to size, since it will all be covered with the foil. That should keep your costs down considerably.

Hi Joanna,My name is Elena and I am curating a collection of Sharpie projects for Looksisquare(dot)com. I don’t know if you’re familiar with Looksi but it’s a lot like CraftGawker: they display a thumbnail image from your blog along with a short description and a link back to your original project. Typically you would submit your own images (like you do on CraftGawker) but they also have curators (like myself) who do theme based round ups. I think this art project would be perfect for my collection which will be published this Friday. Please let me know if you *don’t* want it included so I can remove it.Thanks!!Elenaacasarella.net